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HANSARDAfghanistan: FCDO UpdateCongratulations to all involved in Operation Pitting, including my right hon. Friend. It seems unlikely that the Taliban are going to continue to co-operate on the safe passage of…06 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanThe US surrender of its wardship of a problem child is a monumental failure of statecraft, geopolitical confidence and strategic patience that has been made all the worse by the…18 Aug 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateSome 22,000 people died from seasonal flu in 2017-18, and the modelling suggests that this year’s season will start early, be severe and affect younger people—a demographic that…22 Jul 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftColleagues across the House have spoken about appeasement. The truth is that the Ministry of State Security will curb its malign perversion of the digital Silk Road only if the…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThanks to jabs and far better treatment, the case fatality rate is now 0.085% and falling. Had it been so a year ago, is there the remotest possibility that jurisdictions would…12 Jul 2021HANSARD AfghanistanGiven the high likelihood that China will now exploit the opportunity presented by the US departure by extending the belt and road initiative, buying off the Taliban and muting…08 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI very much welcome the statement and I welcome my right hon. Friend to his place. It emerges that the AstraZeneca vaccine made in India—particularly batches 4120Z001, 4120Z002…06 Jul 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilPerhaps Chesham and Amersham is a little unusual, but certainly that is not the message I am hearing from my constituents in South West Wiltshire. Neither was that the message…30 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilDoes my hon. Friend share my concern that £6.8 million of the spend by the Foreign Office on Lebanon last year was not “ODA-able”, which is a remarkable thing, as our support, in…30 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British Councilrose—30 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilOne year is temporary; that is the pledge that has been made. I think that is a perfectly reasonable commitment to hold Ministers to. It could be that there is something else…30 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilJust on the subject of polling, the British Foreign Policy Group, which is hardly a right- wing organisation, polled this issue earlier this year. Some 72% of people would like to…30 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilYes, I do. Anybody who comes here thinking that somehow this is not going to have real-life consequences is delusional, and I made that point in my opening remarks. Otherwise, we…30 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilIt is a great pleasure and privilege to speak in this debate, but it is actually quite painful as well, because none of us want to see a cut in the assistance that we give to…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillWill the Minister give way?23 Jun 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillCan the Minister confirm, before he gets technical, that the overriding consideration in all this is that servicemen, servicewomen and their families should suffer no disadvantage…23 Jun 2021HANSARD CoronavirusWill the Secretary of State give way?16 Jun 2021HANSARD CoronavirusI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. May I commend him for the efforts he has put in to keeping colleagues informed and responding to their questions along the way? It has been…16 Jun 2021HANSARD CoronavirusOn the subject of the poorest and most disadvantaged, what does the right hon. Gentleman then make of the recent observation by the chief medical officer on the annual toll taken…16 Jun 2021HANSARD CoronavirusWith respect, the right hon. Gentleman has missed the point. Perhaps I did not make myself clear enough. The chief medical officer was introducing that because he was trying to…16 Jun 2021